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Fashion Plate
Published by: Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine (American, 1821–1880)
American
1863
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 22.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Doris May
Accession Number2009.4508
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFashion plate illustrating nineteenth century women's fashion. Women in various afternoon dresses (from left to right) of teal, eggshell, and tiered blue and white, along with a child in white. "October 1863./Frank Leslie's Ladie's Magazine." Right half of the complete plate (2009.4507 is left half)
ProvenanceBy about 2004, purchased by Susan Ward of Lexington, MA at an antique fair in Amherst, NH; purchased from Ward by Doris May of Chestnut Hill, MA; gift of May to the MFA (Accession date: September 16, 2009)